Chapter 2 (Summer 1013). Hiding under Hadrian's Wall

We have room for everyone indoors, but no space for privacy. We use the rooms we have. When the rest of the reinforcements arrive, it will be quite cramped. Osgar and Mildburg will help you settle in.

She introduces you to the middle-aged couple who seems to be running the household.

The library is here to help us all prepare the war effort, so of course you can use it to study. No copying without express permission of course. I am sure you are tired after the journey so we can discuss the war effort tomorrow.

Osgar and Mildred show you around, and you see the floors that Ealhstan already knew. Spare beds are found both in the sick room and the barracks, and made up in the council room and smaller rooms adjoining the library.

Clarissa is still waiting to examine Luciu, but with the bind wound spell, he may not care until sunset, possibly. Does anyone use a casting tablet from the library? Caelha will offer to cast the purification if you are in doubt, but probably one of your own lot has better arts.

You will learn that there are the three senior covenfolk, Osgar the autocrat, Mildred the stewardess, and Clarissa the head chirurgeon. There is a turb of half a dozen, and half a dozen servants. There are also four rangers who are expected back in the evening, spending the day foraging, probably fishing.

The library at Ungulus

  • Tablets
    • The chirurgeon’s healing touch CrCo20
      • heal heavy wound CrCo30
      • heal incapacitating wound CrCo35
    • Purification of the festering wounds CrCo20 (+9 recovery bonus
    • Inexorable Search InCo20 +21 penetration
    • Leap of Homecoming ReCo35
    • Aegis of the Hearth L25 +26 penetration
  • Lab Texts for Lesser Enchanted Devices
    • Invisibility Cloak [canon spell]
    • Flaming Sword [canon spell]
    • Incendior Homine CrIg40 [Cov:53]
    • Weightless Chain [canon]
    • Flying Broomstick Cr(Re)Au39
      (also explains how to get a +5 shape bonus to flight from the broom)
      based on Wings of the Soaring Wind Cr(Re)Au30, maintains concentration and 12 uses/day
  • Tractatus
    • Area Lore: Highlands Q10 (10C) +Q8 (9C)
    • Area Lore: Scottish Lowlands Q11 (10C)
    • Area Lore: Scottish Lowlands (Q7) The March in Loch Leglean by Vera the Redcap, dated Ungulus 1012
    • Area Lore: Wales Q9 (10C)
    • Area Lore: Northumbria Q11 (10C)
    • Area Lore: Northumbria (Q7) Battles in Northumbria by Vera the Redcap, dated Ungulus 1012
    • Area Lore: Mercia (Q8): The Cleansing of Mercia by Tacitus of Tremere, dated Ungulus 1012
    • Diedne Lore: Know thy enemy by Tacitus of Tremere Q8, dated Blackthorn 1010
    • Finesse 2xQ10
    • Penetration 2xQ10
    • Magic Lore Q11 (10C)
    • Magic Lore Q10 Legacy of the Lochs by Ulma filia Pralix 889
    • Vim, Ignem, Creo, Intellego Q7
  • Spell Texts
    • Pilum of Fire
    • Wizard's Sidestep
    • Demon's Eternal Oblivion L5 + L20
    • Faeries's Eternal Oblivion L5 + L15
    • Magic's Eternal Oblivion L5
    • Gather the Essence of the Beast
    • Circling Winds of Protection
    • Circular Ward against Faeries L20
    • Circular Ward against Demons L20
    • Circular Ward against The Beasts of Legend L30
    • Heal Medium Wound
    • Aegis of the Hearthy L25 and L30
    • Crystal Dart
    • Invisible Sling of Vilano
    • Veil of Invisibility
    • Leap of Homecoming